Thelma "Tad" Tadlock found fame in New York as an in-demand dancer on Broadway and in the early years of television in the 1950s. The Port Arthur native, born in 1931, was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, took a shot at fame in the Big Apple and scored. She returned home for "Thelma Tadlock Day" on July 13, 1959, riding in a parade through her hometown. Tadlock died of cancer in 2000 in California.
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